1972-73 O-Pee-Chee Pete Mahovlich #124 Montreal Canadiens

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1972-73 O-Pee-Chee Pete Mahovlich #124 Montreal Canadiens If you love big personalities from the 1970s dynasty era, this 1972-73 O-Pee-Chee Pete Mahovlich #124 Montreal Canadiens delivers size, skill and Summit Series history in one affordable vintage card. Listed on the front as Peter Mahovlich and on the back as Pete Mahovlich, Big Pete stood 6 ft 5 and was famously billed as the tallest player in the National Hockey League at the time, using his reach to protect the puck and to finish around the net. The 1972-73 season itself is iconic for collectors because it followed the Miracle of Moscow in the 1972 Summit Series, coincided with the birth of the WHA and ended with Montreal defeating Chicago for the Stanley Cup, and Mahovlich contributed on all fronts as a key secondary scorer behind the Big Three lines. Mahovlich broke out with 49 goals and 96 points in 1970-71, then helped Canada win the Summit Series in 1972 with two goals and an assist in seven hard fought games against the Soviets, earning a permanent place in Canadian hockey lore alongside Paul Henderson, Phil Esposito and brother Frank Mahovlich. He went on to win four Stanley Cups with Montreal in 1971, 1973, 1976 and 1977, topped 30 goals four times, played in multiple NHL All Star Games and finished with 288 goals and 773 points in 884 NHL games split between Detroit, Montreal, Pittsburgh and Detroit again. Off the ice his humor and fun loving character made him a fan favorite in Montreal and a memorable figure in 1970s hockey culture. This 1972-73 O-Pee-Chee card shows Mahovlich smiling in the red home sweater against the green Montreal backdrop with the classic tan border and yellow nameplate. The reverse is the true Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back with English and French text, year by year NHL career record, cartoon highlight noting his emergence from his brother shadow and PRINTED IN CANADA at the bottom, confirming it is not a US Topps version and not a puzzle back. It is an ideal type card for Summit Series, Canadiens dynasty and 1970s size and skill themes. corners present as sharp to the naked eye with only faint touches at the top tips under magnification, edges are clean with very light roughness on the tan stock typical of O-Pee-Chee cutting, front surface shows bright color with no print lines or wax staining, centering is approximately 55/45 left to right and 60/40 top to bottom with all four borders fully visible, back shows even tan tone with crisp black print and no paper loss or writing, no creases wrinkles or surface breaks detected in the sleeve images, supporting a conservative raw grade estimate of EX-MT 6 that reflects high end eye appeal while allowing for age related edge tolerance. Secure this Big Pete classic now for your Canadiens or Team Canada 1972 display before sharp 1972-73 commons and stars disappear from the market. Grade Estimate: EX-MT 6